Martyrs
Com Sree Kumar
(04-01-1982 ) Com Sree Kumar was the leading spirit behind the rapid growth of SFI at SN College, Kollam, Kerala. He was the son of Sri Kuttan Pillai and Smt Gomathi Amma. Realizing that they are losing ground the ABVP and RSS miscreants in the college and its vicinity decided to clear him from their way. They entered the college Campus on the sly and they not only stabbed Sree Kumar but also prevented him from being taken to the hospital. He died before hundreds of students due to severe bleeding on 4th January 1982.
Com KR Thomas
(03-11-1981 ) He was the victim of RSS communal insanity. Com KR Thomas was the district committee member and chairman of the SFI Trichur Government college unit, Kerala. Thomas also found time to organize peasants and gave effective leadership to the peasants and common people. He played crucial role in enlightening them ideologically, He was attacked on 3rd November 1981 while on the way to his home along with Comrade Lohithakshan. The RSS “goondas” attacked him with lethal weapons and he succumbed to death at the hospital on the same day
Com Pradeep Kumar
(13-07-1981 ) Son of Mr Kakkottil Oningam Appu, and Smt Karthyani of Kozhikode district Kerala, Com Pradeep kumar was a martyr of organized feudalism. On 13th July, 1981, the students of AKKR High School took out a procession under the leadership of Com Pradeep kumar protesting the hike in student’s bus fare. In the commotion the driver moved the bus forward and it ran over Comrade Pradeep Kumar. He was subjected to major surgery at the medical college hospital, but the doctors were unable to save his life. He was martyred on 13th July 1981.
Com P.K. Rajan
(24-02-1979 ) Com Rajan was noted for his academic excellence and the judicious mixture of the slogan study and struggle. He was born to Mr. Kumaran Vaidyan of Pattambi Government Ayur Veda College and Ms. Sarojini Amma, a traditional family of indigenous medical practitioners. He belonged to Ernakulam district, Kerala. He was attracted to SFI at an early age and became the unit president of Tripunithura Ayur Vedic College. He had hopes to serve the poor by following the same profession as his father. He became the target of KSU gangsters as he resisted their atrocities in the campus. They stabbed comrade PK Rajan on 24th February, 1979. The doctors could not save his life though tried their best.
Com G. Bhuvanaeswaran
(12-12-1977 ) Com G. Bhuvanaeswaran was from Alappuzha, Kerala. His parents were Sri P. Gopala Krishna Kurup and Smt Pankajakshi Amma. Com G. Bhuvanaeswaran was championing the cause of the students and stood in the forefront in exposing the pretensions of the KSU. On 2nd December 1977 the KSU goondas unleashed attacks in the Pandalam NSS college Campus and attacked Com Bhuvaneswaran and Com Raghu, who were in the mathematics department of the college. They were admitted in the hospital and Comrade Bhuvaneswaran breathed his last on 7th December 1977
Com Velayudhan
(19-12-1976 ) Comrade Velayudhan was a student at Koduvayoor High school, in Palakkadu District, Kerala and he propagated a philosophy which was against religious fanaticism. This provoked RSS and Sangh Parivar and they attacked him with weapons. They stabbed him piercing his back bone, paralyzing him and forced him to lay on bed for 16 months. He lost his life after a long fight with death on 19th December 1976.
Com Mohammed Musthafa
(16-08-1976 ) Comrade Mohammed Musthafa was arrested by the police for leading a procession in the MES college campus, Mannarkad, Palakkad district, Kerala. The students were protesting against the fees hike and the state of emergency declared by the government in 1976. Musthaffa was sent to Perinthalmanna Sub-Jail, where he was subjected to brutal torture by the police .His mother pleaded the police to set him free, but all her pleading fell on the deaf ears. The police stated that they would set him free if he would resign from SFI. Comrade Mushtaffa was not ready to quit SFI even for his life. On 16th August 1976 he succumbed to the police torture and gave up his life to the cause.
Com Saithali
(19-09-1974 ) Com Saithali resisted all atrocities, especially those against girls committed by the ABVP miscreants in the Pattambi Sanskrit College campus, Palakkad District, Kerala. On 19th September 1974 Comrade Sunder Raj, Comrade Saithali, Comrade Krishna kumar, Comrade Moitheen Kutty and Comrade Khalid were attacked for questioning the misbehavior of the volunteers of KSU and ABVP . They brutally assaulted these comrades and beat Comrade Saithali with iron bar on his head and stabbed him to death while he fell unconscious and lost his life on 19th September 1974
Com Asharaf
(05-03-1974 ) 
Com Asharaf is the victim of dagger politics of right wing student organizations of Kerala. He won the hearts of students by winning the college union election for the post of general captain, in the Thalassery Brennen College of Kannur district, and thus became a sore in the eye for the right wing politicians. His colleagues named him the “prince of play grounds”. Being a general captain he gave wings to the sports dreams of his college. His victory made the opponents panicky. From his early childhood he was an active worker in the progressive movements. During his college days he became an active worker of SFI. His ability to bring in politics even in his casual talk taught his friends the first lessons of being a revolutionary. On 10th December 1973 KSU criminals stabbed Com Asharaf in front of the Malayalam department of his college. He was taken to the hospital immediately by his comrades. But after a long struggle for life he breathed his last on 5th March 1974. He was the son of Saitharppalli Mammu and Fathima.
Com Devapaalan
(08-10-1971 ) Com Devapaalan was a native of Peroorkkada near Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala. He was a student of M.G. College. He was the first martyr of SFI in Kerala. During the rally organized on the eve of Thirvananthapuram District Conference of SFI, a bus ran into the rally injuring several comrades including Devapaalan. He was taken to the hospital, but later succumbed to the injuries on 8th October 1971
